Units 1 and 2: A Changing Nation and the Union in Crisis

What did the U.S. get in return for leaving Mexico City and paying $15 million?

• The ability to make slavery legal in Mexico
• The received money to build a railroad in Mexico
• The area of land known as the "Mexican Cession"
• They gave Mexico their land back

What was one of the effects of the California Gold Rush?

• Mine owners began using slave labor in the gold mines.
• California became an independent nation.
• The population of California grew rapidly.
• Mexico went back to war with the U.S.

Why did some people from the United States oppose the U.S.-Mexico War?

• They did not believe in manifest destiny.
• They opposed slavery and did not want it to expand.
• They didn't believe that the U.S. should take land that is Mexico's
• All of the above.

Who were the forty-niners?

• People who fought in the U.S.-Mexico war.
• People who moved to California to find gold.
• People who were native to California.
• People who were opposed to the U.S.-Mexico war.

The U.S.-Mexico War ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Which of the following was NOT a part of the treaty?

• The Rio Grande was established as the border between Texas and Mexico.
• The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million.
• The U.S. and Mexico promised to never fight again.
• Mexico ceded land in California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and more.

What was the most important advantage the U.S. forces had against Mexico?

• The United States had well-trained military officers.
• Mexican troops had superior military training to the United States.
• The United States won critical battles in Oregon.
• The U.S. did not have an advantage over Mexican forces.

Which of the following statements could be said about the U.S.-Mexico War?

• Mexico won every major battle.
• The United States had poorly trained officers
• Many people opposed the war in both Mexico and the United States
• Mexico had greater economic advantages

How did women defy gender stereotypes during the Gold Rush?

• Some women would wear men's clothes to be able to work in the mines.
• Some women refused to move to California.

• Some women stayed home and looked after miner's children.

• None of the above.

Charley Parkhurst lived in California during the Gold Rush. How did this person defy gender stereotypes?

• He fought in the U.S.-Mexico War
• He wanted women to stay at home and take care of the children.
• He lived life as a transgender man and worked as a stagecoach driver
• He strongly believed in the gender stereotypes of the Victorian era

Mexico lost all of the following states as a results of the U.S.-Mexico War EXCEPT...

• California

• Idaho

• Parts of Colorado

• Utah